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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Roger Key Family   Berytidae (Berytinidae) Sub Family   Description   stiltbugs Background to Family   Small to medium-sized bugs with divergent habits. Members of the Cymini (Cymus) lay their eggs in the flowerheads of sedges (Carex), rushes (Juncus), and club-rushes (Scirpus). They are also recorded from a range of wetland plants. Members of the Berytinini are typified by elongate legs and antennae. They are associated with a range of herbaceous plants, especially legumes, in dry, grassy habitats. Some will feed on insects.     No. taxa in DBIF   13 No. interactions   72 % interactions with British data   60% No. records   91 % taxa with British data   100% Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1983 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:121 Source   Wheeler, A.G. & Schaefer, C.W.(1982) Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 75 498-506:503 Source   Wheeler, A.G. & Schaefer, C.W.(1982) Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 75 498-506:500 Source   Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:120 Source   Dolling, W.R.(1983) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 119 70-70:70 Source   Massee, A.M.(1962) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 98 263-263:263 Source   Wheeler, A.G. & Schaefer, C.W.(1982) Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 75 498-506:499 Source   Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:119 Source   Wheeler, A.G. & Schaefer, C.W.(1982) Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 75 498-506:501 Source   Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:122 Source   Crowson, R.A.(1971) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 107 191-191:191 Source   Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:123 Source   Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:127 Source   Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:125 Source   Woodroffe, G.E.(1965) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 101 188-188:188